New-England's rarities discovered.
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New-England's rarities discovered.
- Publication date
- 1860
- Collection
- duke_libraries; americana
- Contributor
- Duke University Libraries
- Language
- English
- Volume
- c.1
- Item Size
- 226.5M
Includes facsimile of original t.-p., London, 1672
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No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found. Selection taken from larger book.
- Addeddate
- 2015-09-10 19:47:22.939201
- Associated-names
- Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886
- Barcode
- D02809411P
- Bookplateleaf
- 0005
- Call number
- E159.5 .A734 v.4
- Camera
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- newenglandsrarit01joss
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t2b88zt7z
- Invoice
- 41
- Lccn
- 08007085
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- 0.0.21
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL25842731M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL17269654W
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- 95
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- 1.0.3
- Pages
- 122
- Ppi
- 350
- Republisher_date
- 20151026200156
- Republisher_operator
- associate-atlas-mclamb@archive.org
- Scandate
- 20151026171558
- Scanner
- scribe1.durham.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- durham
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 3977563
- Full catalog record
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Subject: John Josselyn, an Atypical Englishman!
Subject: John Josselyn, an Atypical Englishman!
Quaint and naive though he was, John Josselyn displayed an attitude toward First Americans that greatly differed from the norm.
Josselyn sought out the original inhabitants of New England, especially in the White Mountain area of southern Maine. He was avidly curious about flora and fauna, especially for cures and treatments of ailments.
Not once did I encounter derogative descriptions of First Americans (hereafter referred to as Firsts). Rather, he saw them as people filled with knowledge of great value to colonists and other Europeans.
He sat respectfully when orators spoke, marveling at the cadence of "perfect hexameter verse". At a time when it was common to refer to Firsts as "savages", Josselyn speaks of them as he might a Swede or Scot.
He treats his "gentle readers" to a lovely verse (originally describing a Gypsy woman, but suitable for a First maiden). The verse compares dark and light, and favors the dark woman "who neither wind nor sunshine fears". After all, "darkness was before the day".
With the verse is a description of a "Squa (sic) or female Indian". Because it was 1672, and he being ignorant of the derogatory nature of the word squaw", (so my modern First American friends inform me) ", I will give him a pass. His heart was in the right place.
The details of this woman are such that I can envision her. Grave, modest, beautiful & dressed in all her "bravery"-- surely what Josselyn saw!
Yes, he did describe the average First man as "horse-faced", meaning a long face & prominent nose. With the genetically high cheekbones and lack of beards (described as "faucious"), the Firsts faces probably did appear quite long. Do wish we had the Firsts' descriptions of the colonists' aspects!
Whenever Josselyn described a curative practice observed of a First (man or woman), it was respectful and not the least scoffing. He saw value and was keen to know more. This was a time when even common ills led to death. The Age of Discovery was on, and Josselyn wanted to do his part to enlighten mankind.
As I stated earlier, the observations are quaint and naive, but very entertaining. A few sad-looking woodcuts could not compete with the finer tomes available in those times, but Josselyn makes no boasts. Enjoy them for what they are.
A refreshing and delightful perspective!
Josselyn sought out the original inhabitants of New England, especially in the White Mountain area of southern Maine. He was avidly curious about flora and fauna, especially for cures and treatments of ailments.
Not once did I encounter derogative descriptions of First Americans (hereafter referred to as Firsts). Rather, he saw them as people filled with knowledge of great value to colonists and other Europeans.
He sat respectfully when orators spoke, marveling at the cadence of "perfect hexameter verse". At a time when it was common to refer to Firsts as "savages", Josselyn speaks of them as he might a Swede or Scot.
He treats his "gentle readers" to a lovely verse (originally describing a Gypsy woman, but suitable for a First maiden). The verse compares dark and light, and favors the dark woman "who neither wind nor sunshine fears". After all, "darkness was before the day".
With the verse is a description of a "Squa (sic) or female Indian". Because it was 1672, and he being ignorant of the derogatory nature of the word squaw", (so my modern First American friends inform me) ", I will give him a pass. His heart was in the right place.
The details of this woman are such that I can envision her. Grave, modest, beautiful & dressed in all her "bravery"-- surely what Josselyn saw!
Yes, he did describe the average First man as "horse-faced", meaning a long face & prominent nose. With the genetically high cheekbones and lack of beards (described as "faucious"), the Firsts faces probably did appear quite long. Do wish we had the Firsts' descriptions of the colonists' aspects!
Whenever Josselyn described a curative practice observed of a First (man or woman), it was respectful and not the least scoffing. He saw value and was keen to know more. This was a time when even common ills led to death. The Age of Discovery was on, and Josselyn wanted to do his part to enlighten mankind.
As I stated earlier, the observations are quaint and naive, but very entertaining. A few sad-looking woodcuts could not compete with the finer tomes available in those times, but Josselyn makes no boasts. Enjoy them for what they are.
A refreshing and delightful perspective!
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